Adding nodes to your Fusion Data Foundation storage

You can select additional nodes to expand your dynamic storage configuration.

Before you begin

You must have completed the Fusion Data Foundation dynamic storage configuration. For more information about the configuration, see Configuring Data Foundation dynamic storage.

About this task

Note: When the Fusion Data Foundation is in dedicated mode and Global Data Platform service is also enabled, you cannot add nodes to scale out.
For Red Hat® OpenShift® Data Foundation deployed outside of IBM Fusion, you cannot add nodes from IBM Fusion.

Procedure

  1. In the Data Foundation page, click Add nodes in the Storage nodes section.
    The Add storage nodes window gets displayed.
  2. In the Add storage nodes window, select one or more nodes.
    The Storage nodes table includes Name, Zone, CPU, and Memory details. The Summary section includes total number of nodes, CPUs, memory, Zones, current total, and projected total. The Current total indicates the previous selection and Projected total is an aggregation of the previous and new selection.
  3. Click Add.
    The Add button changes to Adding nodes. After the selected nodes is added to the configuration successfully, then the Data Foundation page is displayed with the newly added node(s) in Ready state. When there are no more nodes available for expansion, the Add nodes button gets grayed out.